Consistency between marker- and genealogy-based heritability estimates in an experimental stand of Prosopis alba (Leguminosae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 458-465

  Bessega, Cecilia ^a,b   Saidman, Beatriz O ^a,b   Darquier, María R ^a   Ewens, Mauricio ^c   Sánchez, Leopoldo ^d   Rozenberg, Phillipe ^d   Vilardi, Juan C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas Y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c Departamento de Robles   (Argentina)

^d National Institute for Agricultural Research   (France)

Author keywords

Fabaceae; Heritability; Leguminosae; Molecular markers; Prosopis alba; Quantitative traits

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST RESOURCE; GENEALOGY; GENETIC MARKER; HERITABILITY; LEGUME; LIFE CYCLE; PROFITABILITY; RELATEDNESS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEMIARID REGION;

FABACEAE; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS ALBA;

EID: 60249092253     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800074     Document Type: Article

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